With Graphite Electrodes, Heatworks Gets Water to Heat Itself
Get in on the ground floor as we look at the most exciting crowdfunded tech projects out there right now. This week: Heatworks,...
'Cheap' organic transistors to transform your TV
Researchers have invented world's fastest, and cheapest thin-film organic transistors. NEW YORK: In a ground-breaking research for the fast-growing global electronic industry, researchers...
Makerbot announces new 3D printers, including Mini and industrial strength models
The Brooklyn-based 3D printing company introduces new models, including the Makerbot Replicator Mini and Z18. Bre Pettis at CES 2014 Makerbot Chief Executive...
CES 2014: Parrot Unveils Jumping Robot and Wheeled Quadcopter
Image: Parrot We've always liked how Parrot manages to take some of the latest research-inspired technology and stuff it into its affordable (and fun!) consumer robots....
New Algorithms Reduce the Carbon Cost of Cloud Computing
Software redistributes tasks among networked data centers to optimize energy efficiency Photo: Jon Feingersh/Getty Images The computing cloud may feel intangible to users,...
A Foucault Pendulum on a Chip
A MEMS microgyroscope mimics a 19th-century instrument's mechanism to boost abilities of inertial guidance systems Photo: Alexander Trusov/University of California, Irvine 1 February...
Navy’s 757-Sized Drone Will Provide Big-Time Surveillance
Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. Photo: Alan Radecki/Northrop Grumman A new drone with the mammoth wingspan of a Boeing 757 is set...
Chipmakers Push Memory Into the Third Dimension
Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix bet that transistor redesigns and chip stacking will make memory smaller and faster Illustration: Eddie Guy This article...
Quantum Bit Stored for Record 39 Minutes at Room Temperature
Image: Stef Simmons A physical state crucial for quantum computing has managed to survive at room temperature for 39 minutes in a record-breaking...
Best Supercomputers Still Not Best for Big Data
China’s new top-ranked supercomputer is at the top of the heap for some needs, but not for the kind of data sifting the...
D-Wave’s Year of Computing Dangerously
After a year of outside investigation, questions remain about a controversial quantum computer t Photo: D-Wave SystemsSoul of The Machine: What’s going on inside...
Seagate Crams 500 GB of Storage into Prototype Tablet
Flash memory is fantastic stuff. It's small, it's fast, and it's robust. It's also absurdly expensive if you want a lot of it,...
